Cüneyt Ünal

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It has now
been an entire year since Al-Hurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi, a Jordanian of
Palestinian origin, and freelancer Austin Tice, of the United States, went
missing in Syria. But the recent liberation of two freelance journalists held
for months gives us some reason to hope.

New York, November 14, 2012--A Ukrainian journalist who was
kidnapped in Syria in mid-October appeared in a short video last week pleading
for her embassy to meet the demands of her captors, according to news reports. At
least two other international journalists are believed to be held captive in
Syria and the whereabouts of a third are unknown, according to CPJ research.

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New York,
October 29, 2012--A rebel group abducted a Lebanese journalist in the northern
city of Aleppo on Saturday, bringing to at least five the number of
international journalists being held captive by various sides of the conflict. The
Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the journalists' captors to
immediately release them and stop targeting members of the press who are covering
the unrest in the region.

New York, October 16, 2012--The heavy toll on news media
covering the conflict in Syria has grown yet again over the past week as a
journalist for a pro-government TV station was killed and a Ukrainian
journalist working for Russian news outlets is believed to be kidnapped.

New
York, September 21, 2012--Syrian security forces launched an assault Wednesday on
the home of a cameraman who had recorded hundreds of videos on the country's
conflict, burning the house and killing the journalist and three of his friends,
local activists told international news outlets. The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemns the brutal attack and calls on all sides to stop targeting
journalists.

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New York, August 27, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls
for the immediate release of Turkish cameraman Cüneyt Ünal, who appeared exhausted
and bruised in a video
aired today in which he said he had been taken captive while reporting in
Syria.

Ünal, a cameraman for the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Al-Hurra, was
reported missing
in the northwestern city of Aleppo on August 20 along with an Al-Hurra
colleague, reporter Bashar Fahmi, a Jordanian national of Palestinian origin. Ünal makes no mention of Fahmi
in the video clip.

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New York, August 20, 2012--A Japanese reporter was killed amid
heavy fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo today, while two other journalists
were reported missing in the city, news reports said.